Category Archives: Moroccan Food
Moroccan Spicy Romaine Lettuce Chickpea Salad Recipe
Posted on 19th of April, 2013 by Lévana
One of my favorites, overlaid with Moroccan flavors. All of you out there always asking how we turn a same old, same old salad into an exciting Sephardi main course salad: You can glorify it even further by throwing in some leftover diced fish or chicken, or make it dairy,...
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Filed under: Chickpeas Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lemon Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Moroccan Salads Recipes, Recipes, Romaine Recipes, Salad Recipes, Sephardi Recipes
Moroccan Almond, Honey and Olive Oil Spread (Amlou) Recipe
Posted on 19th of April, 2013 by Lévana
Photo Courtesy www.Mielmaroc.com The treat of my childhood: peanut butter and jelly Moroccan-style called Amlou. The original spread is made with Argan oil, an insanely expensive and insanely delicious oil, from a tree called argan growing only in Morocco (you can find it online, complete with the somewhat scatological trivia...
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Filed under: Almond Recipes, Amlou Recipes, Honey Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Recipes, Spreads Recipes
Moroccan Potato, Tomato and Olive Tajine Recipe. All Variations
Posted on 19th of April, 2013 by Lévana
Sephardi food at its best and most fragrant. Straight from the Moroccan kitchen of my childhood. Ridiculously simple ingredients and hardly any labor. I have included several variations to make it a full one-pot dish, but you can choose to go without and make this a wonderful all-vegetable main course...
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Filed under: Artichoke Bottoms Recipes, Celery Root Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Chickpeas Recipes, Fennel Recipes, Fish Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Jewish Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lemon Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Tempeh Recipes, Tofu Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Moroccan Lentil Soup Recipe. All Variations
Posted on 8th of April, 2013 by Lévana
I believe I couldn’t live without lentils. I love’em, In any shape or form. This soup, and my Indian Red Lentil Soup, are among my favorite. We grew up eating this soup. All my favorite flavors are in, and I make it totally meatless. Costs pennies and takes minutes, and...
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Filed under: Buckwheat Recipes, Bulghur Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lentil Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Moroccan Soup Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Soup Recipes
Tu Bishvat. Cooking with Fruit Recipes
Posted on 24th of January, 2013 by Lévana
Photo Courtesy sodahead.com Fruit is not just dessert or snack, but a valuable part of many wonderful easy dishes. Fruits pack lots of flavor and nutrition, and are fun to cook with. have fun with this wonderful menu! I am offering here four different fruit salads, one more amazing than...
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Filed under: Almond Recipes, Apples Recipes, Apricot Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Cooking with Fruit Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Dried Fruit, Fruit Cake Recipes, Fruit Salad Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Indian Recipes, Kosher Poultry Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Chicken Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Nuts Recipes, One Pot Meal Recipes, Orange Flower Water Recipes, Paella Recipes, Parsnips Recipes, Recipes, Stories, Tajines Recipes, Tu Bishvat Recipes
Cooking on the Nine Days. The Meatless/Vegetarian Gourmet
Posted on 23rd of July, 2012 by Lévana
We all observe a sort of frenzy that sets in right before (and right after) a holiday that is marked by some food restrictions. Like hoarding in prevision of a period of austerity. Let’s start with the most egregious example: Pessach. I recently attended a cook-off event for a famous...
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Filed under: Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Nine Days Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday July 23rd. Moroccan Vegetarian Treats
Posted on 17th of July, 2012 by Lévana
Moroccan food never needs help from fish or meat, all our flavors being so assertive and bold. Starring the humble and wonderful whole grains! I’ll be demonstrating: Swiss chard tajine with chick peas and raisins Summer vegetable couscous with harissa Semolina soup Fennel, radish and orange salad Anise sesame cookiesClick...
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Moroccan Butternut Squash Chick Pea soup
Posted on 8th of July, 2012 by Lévana
We Sephardi love squash in every way shape of form, and goodness knows it comes in countless shapes and sizes. To the classical pumpkin, which can often be hit or miss inside (sometimes we do want to eat pumpkin, not just make Halloween funny faces with it!), I much prefer the more...
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Filed under: Butternut Squash Recipes, Cinnamon Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Hammer for Cutting Vegetables, Kabocha Squash Recipes, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Soup Recipes, Recipes, Rosh Hashana Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Sephardi Soup Recipes
Preserved Lemons Recipe
Posted on 1st of February, 2012 by Lévana
There is no Moroccan cooking without preserved lemons, and the store-bought variety doesn’t even begin to compare with homemade. They take minutes to prepare and two weeks to “incubate,” totally unassisted, and the result is a few months’ supply of the single element that will convert many of your dishes...
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Filed under: Condiments Recipes, Lemon Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Moroccan Salads Recipes, Recipes, Tajines Recipes
Lamb, Lima Beans and Spinach Soup
Posted on 12th of December, 2011 by Lévana
For many years, my classroom was in Lincoln Square Synagogue. When I made this soup at a cooking demonstration, a large group of people who were taking a Chumash class in a room next to my kitchen lined up at my door at the end of their class, telling me...
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Filed under: Beans Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Lamb recipes, Meat Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Soup Recipes, Spinach Recipes
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